
Autosport Awards
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The Autosport Awards are a series of awards given out by motor racing magazine Autosport
to drivers that have impressed throughout the previous season. These awards are also influenced by the general public, as they can vote for the driver that has excelled to them throughout the year, before the awards are handed out every December. The awards have been handed out since 1982.
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Autosport
Autosport is a weekly magazine covering motorsport, published in the United Kingdom every Thursday by Haymarket Consumer Media. It was first published on 25 August 1950 by Gregor Grant, immediately prior to the Silverstone International Trophy meeting of that year...
to drivers that have impressed throughout the previous season. These awards are also influenced by the general public, as they can vote for the driver that has excelled to them throughout the year, before the awards are handed out every December. The awards have been handed out since 1982.
Categories
There are twelve awards handed out by the magazine - eight of which are voted on, by the general public and four are chosen by the magazine and/or a handful of professionals who are there to judge a competition (McLaren Autosport BRDC AwardMcLaren Autosport BRDC Award
The McLaren Autosport BRDC Award is an award set up in 1989 to reward and recognise young racing drivers from the UK. As its names suggest, the award is backed by Formula One team McLaren, motorsport magazine Autosport, and the British Racing Drivers' Club...
). These are:
- McLaren Autosport BRDC AwardMcLaren Autosport BRDC AwardThe McLaren Autosport BRDC Award is an award set up in 1989 to reward and recognise young racing drivers from the UK. As its names suggest, the award is backed by Formula One team McLaren, motorsport magazine Autosport, and the British Racing Drivers' Club...
- International Racing Driver of the Year
- International Rally Driver of the Year
- Rookie of the Year
- Racing Car of the Year
- Rally Car of the Year
- British Competition Driver of the Year
- National Driver of the Year (combined for 2008: 1982-2007 saw an award for National Racing Driver and National Rally Driver)
- British Club Driver of the Year
- John Bolster Award
- Gregor Grant Award
- Pioneering & Invention Award
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
International Racing Driver Award
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International Rally Driver Award
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National Driver of the Year
British Club Driver of the Year
Rookie of the Year
British Competition Driver of the Year
Sportsman Award
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